When you read the headlines. Or turn on the news.
When you scroll through your social media feed.
Or listen to the candidates. You could easily mistake
America as a nation, lost. A people who have
severed the common bonds that hold us together—
compassion, respect, shared responsibility, a belief
in service, a willingness to unite despite our differences.

Today, for just a moment, we wanted to pause and
reflect. To go beyond the hatred and vitriol, and see
a different story of America.

It’s a story that is not bound by party affiliations,
or religious beliefs. It’s not dependent on living in one
zip code over another. It’s not left-leaning or right-leaning. It's not about your income or your wealth.

It lives in our small towns, and also in our cities. In the
classroom of a teacher who is fighting for the potential
in every student. You see it in the volunteer who
mentors youth, and in those helping America’s veterans
successfully transition to civilian life. And in those who
work to include, rather than discriminate. You see it in
the leader who invests in her community. And in the nurse
who treats the elderly with dignity. This is the story we
believe in.

This is not about the choice we make every four years.
This is about the choices we make every single day.